Awards

Past Award Winners:

MISSISSIPPI PARALEGAL ASSOCIATION, INC. Contest Rules

MPA Paralegal Of The Year Award

MPA is proud to offer its members a Paralegal of the Year Award. This award is designed to encourage and recognize outstanding contributions to the legal assistant / paralegal profession by individuals whose leadership and dedication has had an extraordinary and positive impact within the legal community. The MPA Officers will judge the nominations. (MPAOfficers are not eligible for nomination.) The award will be announced at MPA’s Annual Meeting in October.

Requirements:

All nominees must have a minimum of three years experience as a paralegal / legal assistant.

All nominees must be current MPA members in good standing.

All nominees must be nominated by another person. No self-nominations. The nominator can be a paralegal manager, supervising attorney, client, co-worker, or a MPA member.

All nominators must submit a statement (400 words or less, typed) outlining the paralegal’s accomplishments, including how he or she has taken initiative to go beyond typical job duties, as well as outside contributions the paralegal has made to the paralegal profession as a whole. (Specific examples and activities should be included.)

Multiple nominations may be submitted. However, a different person must complete and sign each nomination with an accompanying statement meeting the above requirements.

NOMINATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 30th.

Nomination Form for MPA Paralegal of the Year To submit your nominee for the MPA Paralegal of the Year, please complete and mail in the nomination form.

Mississippi Paralegal Association Pro Bono Award

Nomination Form

MPA is proud to offer to its members a Pro Bono Award. In order to promote an awareness of pro bono activities and to encourage MPA members to volunteer their time and specialty skills to pro bono projects within the community, MPA wishes to recognize a legal assistant member who demonstrates exceptional dedication to pro bono service. We hope to encourage all members to foster the development of pro bono projects and to provide assistance to established pro bono programs. The following are just a few organizations in which a member can offer his/her assistance:

Mississippi Volunteer Lawyer’s Project: Assist Mississippi Bar members in their efforts to help the indigent on a pro bono basis. 601-948-4471

Mississippi Legal Services: Assist people with legal needs. There are several offices located around the State.

Court Appointed Special Advocate: Serve the needs of neglected and abused children. Information for becoming a Hinds County CASA is available at 601-371-0451.

Stewpot Community Services: Located in downtown Jackson, the Stewpot helps the needy by providing meals, clothing, etc. MALA supports the Stewpot by serving lunch every other month.

Womens’ Shelters: Provide for needy women and children by supplying them with personal care items, etc. MALA is currently supporting the Women’s Shelter in Mendenhall.

Other Organizations: Volunteer in organizations such as the American Heart Association, Make-A-Wish Foundation, the American Cancer Society, Blair E. Batson Children=s Hospital, etc.

This annual award will go to a MPA member in good standing who has volunteered his or her time and special skills in providing uncompensated services in pro bono assistance to their community. The winner of the award will be announced at the Annual Membership Meeting in October, and a profile of the individual will be published in The Assistant.